The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

Sidan nodded repeatedly: "I also think that my name Sidan is too ugly. I don't think so in the village, because everyone calls me Sidan. When I go to a private school in the future, everyone will use more literary names. If I call myself Sidan, my classmates will definitely make fun of me."

"Should we get it ourselves or ask someone to help us?" San Ya looked at Guo Xin, who seemed to have become the backbone of this family.

"I asked the shopkeeper of Rufangzhai to help me think of a few words. Do you guys want to take a look?"

Of course, she didn't ask Mo Feifei to help her think of a name. Even if she had free time, she wouldn't be so free. Besides, naming is usually done by the elders. But now she could only borrow Mo Feifei's name, otherwise how could she explain the origin of her knowledge of poetry and literature?

Guo Xin took out three pieces of paper with a word written on each.

Ruo, Zhi, Xi.

"These are the names the shopkeeper gave you. Mine is Xin, Guo Xin." Guo Xin naturally did not forget that her three siblings were not very literate, so she continued to explain: "My eldest sister's name is Guo Ruo. I hope you can be kind, loving, gentle and elegant."

"Sanda's name is Guo Zhi, which means "shore zhi ting orchid" in ancient Chinese. I hope you have beautiful qualities and noble sentiments."

"The fourth egg is called Guo Xi. I hope you have the spirit, justice, integrity, wisdom and courage."

After that, he gave them a piece of paper representing their names.

The three of them looked at the papers in their hands as if they were treasures, and they were muttering their names. It was the first time in more than ten years that they had a formal name.

Guo Xin didn't disturb them. After all, time was tight and the workshop had to be built.

She calculated that if the supply of taro chips was in accordance with the new contract, she could earn one or two taels of silver every two days.

However, taro costs ten cents per pound, and Brother Guo's labor cost is one hundred cents a day. Based on the daily harvest of about one hundred pounds, it is distributed to each pound, which is about one cent per pound. Firewood and labor cost ten cents per pound, plus the price of oil paper, which is one cent.

By this calculation, the cost alone would be twenty-two cents, plus miscellaneous losses, it is estimated that it would cost twenty-five cents to make one pound of taro chips, which means the profit is only twenty-five cents.

He could earn one tael of silver from selling taro chips every four days, or about seven and a half taels a month.

I had already bought the land for the workshop, but I hadn’t built it yet.

If you want to build a simple workshop, it would probably cost about three taels of silver, plus labor costs would probably be about five taels.

After all, this workshop is not very big, unlike a greenhouse that needs to cover half an acre.

The family definitely cannot just focus on taro chips anymore. If they open a small stall in the future, they will be too busy to handle it. Besides, they cannot learn anything in this village, which is not conducive to Guo Zhi's development.

As she spoke, Guo Xin took the simple drawing she had drawn and found the village head. After all, the village head was the person she knew who knew these things best.

"Oh! Erya is here." The wife of the head of the village was feeding chickens in the yard. When she saw Guo Xin coming, she hurriedly called out, "Are you looking for your uncle? Wait, I'll call him over."

After saying that, without waiting for Guo Xin's reaction, he turned around and looked for Guo Lizheng.

"Hey, Arya, what are you planning to build now?"

When the village head saw Erya, he called her affectionately. Although he had been very close to Erya's family before, at that time he only regarded her as a good neighbor.

But now it is different. The kindness in his words is mixed with some flattery. After all, he is a rising star in the village. Yesterday he established a relationship with Rufangzhai, today he is building a wall on the field, and tomorrow he wants an acre of land. Who knows, one day he will become a famous wealthy family in this city.

"Village head, call me Guo Xin from now on. I have a new name." Guo Xin finally found an opportunity to officially change his name back. Although it sounded very friendly to Erya, it was still not very elegant.

"That's right. From now on, call her Xin'er. After all, Xin'er has to go out and about now. Calling her Erya is no longer appropriate. It's just that uncle hasn't made up his mind."

"Uncle, I came here this time to tell you that I have already bought a piece of land, but at that time I didn't plan to build a workshop. Now, it has been decided, and I want to ask you to help build a workshop."

"It's a simple matter. Not long after you finished building this mud wall, you came to me to help build a workshop. I really rely on you to survive this winter."

Guo Xin smiled cheerfully and handed over the blueprint he had drawn: "You trust me, too. Everyone in the village says that everything you draw is top quality. Here is my blueprint. Can I take a look at it?"

The village head studied the blueprint carefully. When he saw the strange stove, he asked a few more questions. After he understood everything, he said, "It's not difficult to build your workshop, but it does require some fine work, so the labor cost will be about three taels in total. Add the cost of materials, and it will be about five taels in total."

"That's fine, that's it." Guo Xin nodded in affirmation after hearing the number that was no different from his own estimate.

"But, I would like to trouble the head of the village to help find three people who are attentive, good at handicrafts, and tight-lipped. It would be best if they were women who often cook. The wages will be 20 wen a day, not including food and lodging. And we also need someone to chop wood, either man or woman, because it's more tiring, 25 wen a day."

Although the workshop has not been built yet, I have to start looking for people. When the training is almost done, I can go to the town to set up a stall. The greenhouse in the field has also been built. I have been taking care of it during this period. I am afraid that I will not be able to take care of setting up a stall and being a cook in the future. I have to find someone.

"Then I need someone to help me farm my land, but my farming is not simple farming, so the requirements for this person are relatively high. He must be able to farm, sensitive to temperature, and smart. The salary is calculated at 80 wen a day. If you do a good job in the future, the salary will be calculated separately. What I said above means that you have to work for a long time. You can't just leave after one day. You have to work for my family for at least three years."

Guo Lizheng was listening to Guo Xin spewing out a string of requests, and he hurriedly took a pen to write them down, calculating how many people he needed to hire and the cost of hiring them.

After doing the math, one is shocked to find that Guo Xin's family is really wealthy, just like a small landlord.

Guo Xin naturally knew that the cost of these people was not a small amount, but he had calculated that if he did a good job, he could earn it back.

"So when are you going to get it?" Guo Lizheng was looking at the papers in front of him, a little speechless, but he still asked based on his professional ethics.

"The sooner the better."

Looking at the various requests, Li Zheng Guo said, "I have some candidates for the workshop workers you mentioned. It's Aunt Liu from the west end of the village who has a lame leg. However, her mobility does not affect her life, but she just looks strange when she walks. Her husband died a few years ago, and she gave birth to a daughter and a son. The daughter is also very smart."

"Then let's take them both. Please ask the head of the village for help." When Guo Xin heard this condition, and considering that they were candidates recommended by the head of the village, he thought they were good, so why not help them.

"Okay, I'll send the remaining candidates to you tomorrow."